Last Call for Federal National Parks, Monuments & Recreation Area Senior Pass

[GP6971]

On Monday the price for the Senior Pass will go from $10 to $80. The Senior Pass gets you lifetime free admission to all National Parks, Monuments and Recreation areas managed by;

US Fish & Wildlife Service
US Forest Service
US Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation
US Bureau of Land Management
US National Park Service
US Army Corp of Engineers

Must be 62. Applications must be postmarked by tomorrow as well as filing an application via the web.

https:/store.usgs.gov for more information.

We were lucky....we live 5 miles from a National Wildlife Refuge and got our passes today after a short wait. They said they were busy all day issuing the passes.

[Control-Z]

1. Can I do it online?

And do I have to be of age?

[GP6971]

2. Yes you can do it on line

and proof of age is required. We went in person, they viewed our drivers licenses and issued our cards. But on the manual register they used, they never recorded our names. Interesting.

[Control-Z]

5. I have someone who is old enough.

Could he buy 2 passes? Do you know? We are legally married.

[GP6971]

6. They never checked our

marital status. I went in and got my pass and asked if I could get my wife's pass. No, they had to show their proof of age.

[Control-Z]

8. Well, one would be better than none.

I have to remember to ask him if he wants me to get it for him when I see him in the morning.

Thanks for your help.

[Lifelong Protester]

3. Done.

will mail it in tomorrow.

[DFW]

4. I got mine in July

Luckily, there was a NPS office at the Cape Cod National Seashore in the Provincelands, about a 15 minute drive from where we were staying when we were on vacation in the States in July. It took all of about 10 minutes. Unfortunately my wife couldn't get one, since you have to be a U.S. citizen.

[GP6971]

7. Shouldn't be a problem

1pass gets you the vehicle and 3 other adults. And as the young women who processed my application said "cram as many kids as you can"

Overall, a very good experience getting our passes

[DFW]

9. Sounds encouraging

We usually only do that one vacation a year in the States anyway. Most of the time, we just take long weekends here in Europe, since there's less time change involved. Besides, here we're only 1-2 hours by air from London, Dublin, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Paris, Warsaw, Budapest, Prague, Vienna, Zürich, Geneva, Rome, Barcelona, etc etc etc. We have plenty of places right on our doorstep as it is.